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ECOSYSTEMS
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| By: |
Gordon Dickinson |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£97.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0415145120 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780415145121 |
| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
27 November, 1997 |
| Series: |
Routledge Introductions to the Environment S. |
| Pages: |
208 |
| Description: |
This introduction examines the development of the ecosystem concept, explains how ecosystems function and analyzes the complex interactions between life and its physical environment. |
| Synopsis: |
Ecosystems introduces the basic concepts of ecosystem theory and explores the role of the ecosystem approaach in solving environmental problems. Examining the development of the ecosystem concept, the book explains how ecosystems function and analyzes the complex interactions between life and its physical environment. Presenting examples from many parts of the world within lively case studies and illustrations, Ecosystems focuses on 'real world' problems and shows how the ecosystem approach gives a better scientific understanding of the topical and controversial issues of human impact on the natural environment, and the consequences of environmental change. |
| Illustrations: |
25 line figures, 13 halftone illustrations, 5 maps |
| Returns: |
Returnable |